redis.md

Redis input plugin

Status : core plugin, unit tested and maintained.

This plugin is used on log server to receive logs from redis channels. json_event format is expected.

They are two method to get message from redis :

• Publish / subscribe : The subscribe redis command will be used. Parameters channel and pattern_channel are needed.
• Queue. This blpop redis command will be used. key parameter is needed.

Example 1: Config using url: input://redis://localhost:6379?channel=logstash_channel

Config using logstash format:

input {
  redis {
    host => localhost
    port => 6379
    channel => logstash_channel
  }
}

Parameters:

• host: ip of the redis server.
• port: port of the redis server.
• auth_pass: password to use when connecting to Redis
• type: to specify the log type, to faciliate crawling in kibana. Example: type=redis. No default value.
• method: pubsub or queue Default value: queue.
• channel: Channel for publish / subscribe. No default value.
• pattern_channel: use channel as pattern. Default value : false.
• key: Queue name for queue. No default value.
• unserializer: more doc at unserializers. Default value to json_logstash.